Lindenberg_Island

Lindenberg Island

Lindenberg Island

Island in Graham Land, Antarctica

Lindenberg Island is a circular volcanic island 1 kilometre (0.5 nmi) in diameter, lying 20 kilometres (11 nmi) north of Robertson Island and some 60 kilometres (35 nmi) east-northeast of Cape Fairweather, off the east coast of the Antarctic Peninsula. It was discovered by a Norwegian whaling expedition under C.A. Larsen in December 1893, and was named by Larsen for a member of the firm of Woltereck and Robertson of Hamburg which sent him to the Antarctic.[1]

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    "Lindenberg Island". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved 17 June 2013.

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